title: Does the mediastinal anatomy complementing azygos lobe facilitate endotracheal balloon rupture of the trachea?
authors.affiliation: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Department of Surgery, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Grismer
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Read
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012421:Rupture; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries*